Jan 17, 2007 | Cost of Living, Farmer's Market, Food
…por favor?" We utter these words constantly at the farmer’s market. Then follow up with, "What do you do with it?" or "How do you prepare it?" There are so many odd, funny looking, sometimes inedible-looking, yet delicious fruits...
Jan 15, 2007 | Culture Shock, Driving, Living-In, Renting A Car, Travel Tips
I’ve heard this is true in Boston, I don’t know. Xavier says it is – he’s from they-ah. It is definitely true in Costa Rica. Just because it’s on the map, just because you can see it from whey-ah you are standing, does NOT mean you can...
Jan 15, 2007 | Pets, WINSTON
We love Winston. And he loves…. me. By the end of the day, he loves everyone else. Pretty much. Unless he hasn’t seen one of the guys for over an hour. Mo still spooks him pretty much all the time. Mo’s just so darn TALL. He spooks me. When Mo first...
Jan 14, 2007 | Criticia Voluptua Right-Right, Teenagers
The result of too much pot, alcohol and too little parental supervision in a small un-enlightened KY town. During my high school years, my mom worked for the NIH, traveling around the country as did her mom, Granny Boo, before her. She provided good income, but was...
Jan 13, 2007 | Living-In, Weather
Remember when I wrote how this time of year is really summer here? How perfect the weather is on the mountain? Cool breeze, hot sun? Well, the rainy season is definitely over. I got that right. We had our last good rain about two weeks ago. And because of our...
Jan 11, 2007 | Colones, Cost of Living, Living-In
If you are wondering why your bag is so heavy after a week of traveling around Costa Rica, you probably have a pound of change gathered at the bottom. In the states, you pretty much want to throw your pennies away. They are worthless unless you’ve gathered...
Jan 11, 2007 | Bush, Culture Shock, God, what a world!, Political Blah-Blah, Teenagers, War
Last March I wrote a post about Nazanin, an Iranian teenager who had been sentenced to death for killing a man who was trying to rape her and her niece. Yeah. When I first read something like this, I fervently hope it is just a really tasteless joke. Tragically, this...
Jan 7, 2007 | Disclaimer, Expat, WINSTON
"…that which we call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweet;So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d,Retain that dear perfection which he owesWithout that title. Romeo, doff thy name,And for that name which is no part of theeTake all...
